Lens On Tampa Bay

Photographs and journalism coverage of events in the Tampa Bay Area covering a broad range of topics

There are so many people, places, stories, and trends going on in the Tampa Bay area and seeing it through a camera lens is what I live for. Please join me and see what I saw!

Entrance to the Fox Squirrel Corn Maze

A Mazing Fall arrives in the Bay Area.

Fall is here but it's tough to tell by our temperatures. About a half an hour east of Tampa lies a thin slice of Heaven canopied by Oaks and bordered with a corn maze that has a cool breeze blowing through it and a sense of autumn hometown. You need a break from the chaos and you need a pumpkin! Just go….

Shooting the edge: Suspension and Carnival show at Pegasus Niteclub

I like shooting edgy stuff. Sunsets and concerts are fun, but it's been done. I got the opportunity to photograph a body suspension show and took it. What a cool bunch of people and awesome experience. This story might not be for the super skittish but what a unique story nonetheless.

The air is filled with a mixture of weed, sunscreen, and fading cheap body spray. The atmosphere is sexually charged with low cut sometimes absent tops mixed with body painted parts. It's all part of Pride 2018

Kenny Echizen is a a session and touring guitarist hailing from LA- He also has expertise in guitar construction

National Acts Playing For Free? Yep! Replay Guitar Exchange

Recently Replay hosted a free Taylor Guitar Roadshow where around fifty people showed up to listen to Kenny Echizen, a session/touring guitarist, educator, and clinician based in Los Angeles. And, I say emphatically, dude can play!

Have you ever been at a place you are trying to listen to some great artist and the people next to you are making noise and inattentive? Yeah, not here. People are expected to shut up, sit back, and enjoy... and it was great! Now Shhhhh and check it out!

The auditorium at the Museum for Fine Arts in St Pete was home to the Literary Carousel at Sunlit Festival 2018

St. Pete Gets Lit at the MFA!

I have publicly admitted to a mild pixel addiction and perhaps I should out myself as an an art junkie. Literary Carousel, part of the 2018 Sunlit Festival, combined vintage photography and local writers work. Awesome!

High School students gathered in Kiley Garden for the March For Our Lives Tampa demonstration and march

March For Our Lives Tampa

On March 24, 2018 high school students from all over the nation joined forces to demonstrate and voice their concerns over gun violence. In Tampa over 10,000 strong gathered in downtown at Kiley Garden holding signs, speaking of their fears and warning politicians that they are coming.

The dye comes out of the boats nozzle as a reddish-brown, initially looks yellow, and finally a bright Kelly green

Buckhorn's Green River Celebrates St. Patty's Day 2018

Tampa loves a good reason to party, and St. Patrick's Day is as good as any. Back in 2012 Mayor Bob Buckhorn hosted the first annual River O'Green Festival declaring "Here's what you get when you elect an Irishman as mayor". For the seventh year in a row, the Hillsborough River is dyed green to celebrate the Feast of Saint Patrick.

Wordier Than Thou’s Tiffany Razzano just gets more and more creative in her ways to share the written word with the public. On Saturday she and 12 authors hosted a get together titled Eat Our Words: Local Authors Serve Up Dishes Inspired by Their Books

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